Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 77
SiP 2 77.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। विष्णुशिष्य महाशैव सम्यगुक्तं त्वया विधे ।। चरितं परमं ह्येतच्छिवायाश्च शिवस्य च ०।। दितिश्च दुःखितासीत्सा कश्यपं शरणं गता।। पुनस्संसेव्य तं भक्त्या गर्भमाधत्त सुव्रता
|| nārada uvāca || viṣṇuśiṣya mahāśaiva samyaguktaṃ tvayā vidhe || caritaṃ paramaṃ hyetacchivāyāśca śivasya ca 0|| ditiśca duḥkhitāsītsā kaśyapaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā|| punassaṃsevya taṃ bhaktyā garbhamādhatta suvratā
Nārada said: O disciple of Viṣṇu, great devotee of Śiva, O Creator, well have you told it — this supreme story of Śivā and of Śiva. And Diti was grieved and went to Kaśyapa for refuge; serving him again with devotion, that lady of good vows conceived.
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SiP 2 77.2
कस्तारकासुरो ब्रह्मन्येन देवाः प्रपीडिताः ।। कस्य पुत्रस्य वै ब्रूहि तत्कथां च शिवाश्रयाम् तौ हतौ विष्णुना दैत्यौ नृसिंहक्रोडरूपतः।। सुदुःखदौ ततो देवाः सुखमापुश्च निर्भयाः दितिस्सुखमतीवाप दृष्ट्वा शक्रादिदुर्दशाम्।। अमरा अपि शक्राद्या जग्मुर्दुःखं स्वकर्मतः अथ तत्सेवनादाशु संतुष्टोऽभून्महाप्रभुः ।। स वज्रांगः पतिस्तस्या उवाच वचनं तदा वरं दातुमगां तस्मै दृष्ट्वाहं तत्तपो महत् ।। वरं ब्रूहि ह्यवोचं तं सुप्रसन्नेन चेतसा
kastārakāsuro brahmanyena devāḥ prapīḍitāḥ || kasya putrasya vai brūhi tatkathāṃ ca śivāśrayām tau hatau viṣṇunā daityau nṛsiṃhakroḍarūpataḥ|| suduḥkhadau tato devāḥ sukhamāpuśca nirbhayāḥ ditissukhamatīvāpa dṛṣṭvā śakrādidurdaśām|| amarā api śakrādyā jagmurduḥkhaṃ svakarmataḥ atha tatsevanādāśu saṃtuṣṭo'bhūnmahāprabhuḥ || sa vajrāṃgaḥ patistasyā uvāca vacanaṃ tadā varaṃ dātumagāṃ tasmai dṛṣṭvāhaṃ tattapo mahat || varaṃ brūhi hyavocaṃ taṃ suprasannena cetasā
Who was the demon Tāraka, O Brahman, by whom the gods were oppressed? Whose son was he? Tell that story too, which rests on Śiva. Those two Daityas, givers of great suffering, were slain by Viṣṇu in the forms of the man-lion and the boar; thereupon the gods obtained happiness and were free of fear. Diti obtained exceeding happiness on seeing the wretched state of Śakra and the others; the immortals too, Śakra and the rest, went to sorrow through their own deeds. Then, from her service, the great lord was quickly pleased; he, Vajrāṅga, her husband, then spoke these words: "Seeing that great austerity of hers, I came to give her a boon; 'Ask a boon,' I said to her with a well-pleased mind."
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SiP 2 77.3
भस्मी चकार स कथं शंकरश्च स्मरं वशी ।। तदपि ब्रूहि सुप्रीत्याद्भुतं तच्चरितं विभोः
bhasmī cakāra sa kathaṃ śaṃkaraśca smaraṃ vaśī || tadapi brūhi suprītyādbhutaṃ taccaritaṃ vibhoḥ
And how did Śaṅkara, the self-controlled one, reduce Kāma to ashes? Tell that too, with great affection — that wondrous deed of the Lord.
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SiP 2 77.4
कथं शिवा तपोऽत्युग्रं चकार सुखहेतवे ।। कथं प्राप पतिं शंभुमादिशक्तिर्जगत्परा
kathaṃ śivā tapo'tyugraṃ cakāra sukhahetave || kathaṃ prāpa patiṃ śaṃbhumādiśaktirjagatparā
How did Śivā perform that most fierce austerity for the sake of (his) happiness? How did Ādiśakti, supreme over the world, obtain Śambhu as her husband?
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SiP 2 77.5
एतत्सर्वमशेषेण विशेषेण महाबुध ।। ब्रूहि मे श्रद्दधानाय स्वपुत्राय शिवात्मने
etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa viśeṣeṇa mahābudha || brūhi me śraddadhānāya svaputrāya śivātmane
Tell me all this completely and in detail, O greatly wise one — to me who am full of faith, your own son, devoted to Śiva.
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SiP 2 77.6
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पुत्रवर्य महाप्राज्ञ सुरर्षे शंसितव्रतः ।। वच्म्यहं शंकरं स्मृत्वा सर्वं तच्चरितं शृणु
brahmovāca || putravarya mahāprājña surarṣe śaṃsitavrataḥ || vacmyahaṃ śaṃkaraṃ smṛtvā sarvaṃ taccaritaṃ śṛṇu
Brahmā said: O best of sons, greatly wise divine sage of praiseworthy vows, I shall speak, remembering Śaṅkara; hear all that story of his.
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SiP 2 77.7
प्रथमं तारकस्यैव भवं संशृणु नारद।। यद्वधार्थं महा यत्नः कृतो दैवैश्शिवाश्रयैः
prathamaṃ tārakasyaiva bhavaṃ saṃśṛṇu nārada|| yadvadhārthaṃ mahā yatnaḥ kṛto daivaiśśivāśrayaiḥ
First hear fully, O Nārada, the very birth of Tāraka, for the sake of whose killing great effort was made by the gods who took refuge in Śiva.
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SiP 2 77.8
मम पुत्रो मरीचिर्यः कश्यपस्तस्य चात्मजः।। त्रयोदशमितास्तस्य स्त्रियो दक्षसुताश्च याः
mama putro marīciryaḥ kaśyapastasya cātmajaḥ|| trayodaśamitāstasya striyo dakṣasutāśca yāḥ
My son is Marīci, and his son is Kaśyapa; his wives numbered thirteen, and they were daughters of Dakṣa.
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SiP 2 77.9
दितिर्ज्येष्ठा च तत्स्त्री हि सुषुवे सा सुतद्वयम्।। हिरण्यकशिपुर्ज्येष्ठो हिरण्याक्षोऽनुजस्ततः
ditirjyeṣṭhā ca tatstrī hi suṣuve sā sutadvayam|| hiraṇyakaśipurjyeṣṭho hiraṇyākṣo'nujastataḥ
Diti was the eldest, and she, his wife, bore two sons: Hiraṇyakaśipu was the elder, and Hiraṇyākṣa (Hiraṇyākṣa/Hiraṇyakṣa) the younger after him.
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SiP 2 77.12
१।। तद्विज्ञाय महेंद्रोऽपि लब्धच्छिद्रो महोद्यमी।। तद्गर्भं व्यच्छिनत्तत्र प्रविश्य पविना मुहुः
1|| tadvijñāya maheṃdro'pi labdhacchidro mahodyamī|| tadgarbhaṃ vyacchinattatra praviśya pavinā muhuḥ
Learning that, great Indra too, ever eager and having found an opening, entered there and repeatedly cut up that embryo with his thunderbolt.
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SiP 2 77.13
तद्व्रतस्य प्रभावेण न तद्गर्भो ममार ह।। स्वपंत्या दैवयोगेन सप्त सप्ताभवन्सुताः
tadvratasya prabhāveṇa na tadgarbho mamāra ha|| svapaṃtyā daivayogena sapta saptābhavansutāḥ
By the power of that vow, her embryo did not die; while she slept, by the working of fate, the sons became seven times seven.
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SiP 2 77.14
देवा आसन्सुतास्ते च नामतो मरुतोऽखिलाः ।। स्वर्गं ययुस्तदेन्द्रेण देवराजात्मसात्कृताः
devā āsansutāste ca nāmato maruto'khilāḥ || svargaṃ yayustadendreṇa devarājātmasātkṛtāḥ
Those sons became gods, all of them Maruts by name; they went to heaven, having been made his own there by Indra, the king of the gods.
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SiP 2 77.16
पुनर्दितिः पतिं भेजेऽनुतप्ता निजकर्मतः ।। चकार सुप्रसन्नं तं मुनिं परमसेवया ऽ १५ ।। ।। कश्यप उवाच ।। तपः कुरु शुचिर्भूत्वा ब्रह्मणश्चायुतं समाः ।। चेद्भविष्यति तत्पूर्वं भविता ते सुतस्तदा
punarditiḥ patiṃ bheje'nutaptā nijakarmataḥ || cakāra suprasannaṃ taṃ muniṃ paramasevayā ' 15 || || kaśyapa uvāca || tapaḥ kuru śucirbhūtvā brahmaṇaścāyutaṃ samāḥ || cedbhaviṣyati tatpūrvaṃ bhavitā te sutastadā
Again Diti resorted to her husband, remorseful because of her own deed, and made that sage well pleased by supreme service. Kaśyapa said: Become pure and perform austerity for ten thousand years of Brahmā; if that comes about, then before that a son will be born to you.
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SiP 2 77.17
तथा दित्या कृतं पूर्णं तत्तपश्श्रद्धया मुने।। ततः पत्युः प्राप्य गर्भं सुषुवे तादृशं सुतम्
tathā dityā kṛtaṃ pūrṇaṃ tattapaśśraddhayā mune|| tataḥ patyuḥ prāpya garbhaṃ suṣuve tādṛśaṃ sutam
So it was done in full by Diti, that austerity, with faith, O sage; then, receiving conception from her husband, she bore just such a son.
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SiP 2 77.18
वजांगनामा सोऽभूद्वै दितिपुत्रोऽमरोपमः ।। नामतुल्यतनुर्वीरस्सुप्रताप्युद्भवाद्बली
vajāṃganāmā so'bhūdvai ditiputro'maropamaḥ || nāmatulyatanurvīrassupratāpyudbhavādbalī
He was named Vajrāṅga, that son of Diti, the equal of an immortal — with a body matching his name, a hero, of great blazing might, powerful from his very birth.
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SiP 2 77.19
जननीशासनात्सद्यस्स सुतो निर्जराधिपम् ।। बलाद्धृत्वा ददौ दंडं विविधं निर्जरानपि
jananīśāsanātsadyassa suto nirjarādhipam || balāddhṛtvā dadau daṃḍaṃ vividhaṃ nirjarānapi
At his mother's command that son at once seized by force the lord of the gods, and dealt out punishment of many kinds to the gods as well.
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SiP 2 77.21
तदाहं कश्यपेनाशु तत्रागत्य सुसामगीः।। देवानत्याजयंस्तस्मात्सदा देवहिते रतः
tadāhaṃ kaśyapenāśu tatrāgatya susāmagīḥ|| devānatyājayaṃstasmātsadā devahite rataḥ
Then I, coming there quickly with Kaśyapa, with well-conciliating words made (him) let the gods go; therefore he is ever intent on the good of the gods.
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SiP 2 77.22
देवान्मुक्त्वा स वज्रांगस्ततः प्रोवाच सादरम् ।। शिवभक्तोऽतिशुद्धात्मा निर्विकारः प्रसन्नधीः
devānmuktvā sa vajrāṃgastataḥ provāca sādaram || śivabhakto'tiśuddhātmā nirvikāraḥ prasannadhīḥ
Having released the gods, that Vajrāṅga then spoke respectfully — a devotee of Śiva, of utterly pure self, free of agitation, of serene mind.
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SiP 2 77.23
।। वज्रांग उवाच।। इंद्रो दुष्टः प्रजाघाती मातुर्मे स्वार्थसाधकः ।। स फलं प्राप्तवानद्य स्वराज्यं हि करोतु सः
|| vajrāṃga uvāca|| iṃdro duṣṭaḥ prajāghātī māturme svārthasādhakaḥ || sa phalaṃ prāptavānadya svarājyaṃ hi karotu saḥ
"Indra is wicked, a slayer of offspring, a pursuer of his own ends against my mother; today he has received the fruit (of it) — let him now rule his own kingdom."
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SiP 2 77.24
मातुराज्ञावशाद्ब्रह्मन्कृतमेतन्मयाखिलम् ।। न मे भोगाभिलाषो वै कस्यचि द्भुवनस्य हि
māturājñāvaśādbrahmankṛtametanmayākhilam || na me bhogābhilāṣo vai kasyaci dbhuvanasya hi
"By the force of my mother's command, O Brahmā, all this was done by me; I have no craving whatever for the enjoyments of any world."
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SiP 2 77.25
तत्त्वसारं विधे सूत मह्यं वेदविदाम्वर ।। येन स्यां सुसुखी नित्यं निर्विकारः प्रसन्नधीः
tattvasāraṃ vidhe sūta mahyaṃ vedavidāmvara || yena syāṃ susukhī nityaṃ nirvikāraḥ prasannadhīḥ
"(Tell) me the essence of truth, O Vidhi, O maker, best of the knowers of the Veda, by which I may be always happy, free of agitation, of serene mind."
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SiP 2 77.26
तच्छ्रुत्वाहं मुनेऽवोचं सात्त्विको भाव उच्यत ।। तत्त्वसार इति प्रीत्या सृजाम्येकां वरां स्त्रियम्
tacchrutvāhaṃ mune'vocaṃ sāttviko bhāva ucyata || tattvasāra iti prītyā sṛjāmyekāṃ varāṃ striyam
Hearing that, O sage, I said: "The sāttvika disposition is called the essence of truth"; and out of affection I create one excellent woman (for you).
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SiP 2 77.27
वरांगीं नाम तां दत्त्वा तस्मै दितिसुताय वै ।। अयां स्वधाम सुप्रीतः कश्यपस्तत्पितापि च
varāṃgīṃ nāma tāṃ dattvā tasmai ditisutāya vai || ayāṃ svadhāma suprītaḥ kaśyapastatpitāpi ca
Having given her, Varāṅgī by name, to that son of Diti, I went to my own abode well pleased, and so too did Kaśyapa, his father.
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SiP 2 77.28
ततो दैत्यस्य वज्रांगस्सात्विकं भावमाश्रितः।। आसुरं भावमुत्सृज्य निर्वैरस्सुखमाप्तवान्
tato daityasya vajrāṃgassātvikaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ|| āsuraṃ bhāvamutsṛjya nirvairassukhamāptavān
Thereafter Vajrāṅga, taking refuge in the sāttvika disposition of a demon (?), casting off the asuric disposition, free of enmity, attained happiness.
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SiP 2 77.29
न बभूव वरांग्या हि हृदि भावोथ सात्विकः।। सकामा स्वपतिं भेजे श्रद्धया विविधं सती
na babhūva varāṃgyā hi hṛdi bhāvotha sātvikaḥ|| sakāmā svapatiṃ bheje śraddhayā vividhaṃ satī
But in Varāṅgī's heart no sāttvika disposition arose; full of desire, the good wife served her own husband in various ways with faith.
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SiP 2 77.31
वज्रांग उवाच।। किमिच्छसि प्रिये ब्रूहि किं ते मनसि वर्तते ।। तच्छुत्वानम्य तं प्राह सा पतिं स्वमनोरथम्
vajrāṃga uvāca|| kimicchasi priye brūhi kiṃ te manasi vartate || tacchutvānamya taṃ prāha sā patiṃ svamanoratham
Vajrāṅga said: "What do you wish, dear one? Tell me, what is in your mind?" Hearing that, she bowed and told her husband her heart's desire.
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SiP 2 77.32
वरांग्युवाच ।। चेत् प्रसन्नोऽभवस्त्वं वै सुतं मे देहि सत्पते ।। महाबलं त्रिलोकस्य जेतारं हरिदुःखदम्
varāṃgyuvāca || cet prasanno'bhavastvaṃ vai sutaṃ me dehi satpate || mahābalaṃ trilokasya jetāraṃ hariduḥkhadam
Varāṅgī said: "If you have indeed become pleased (with me), give me a son, O good husband — one of great strength, a conqueror of the three worlds, a giver of pain to Hari."
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SiP 2 77.33
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा प्रियावाक्यं विस्मितोऽभूत्स आकुलः।। उवाच हृदि स ज्ञानी सात्विको वैरवर्जितः
brahmovāca || iti śrutvā priyāvākyaṃ vismito'bhūtsa ākulaḥ|| uvāca hṛdi sa jñānī sātviko vairavarjitaḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing his beloved's words thus, he was astonished and distressed; that knowing one, sāttvika, devoid of enmity, said in his heart:
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SiP 2 77.34
प्रियेच्छति विरोधं वै सुरैर्मे न हि रोचते ।। किं कुर्यां हि क्व गच्छेयं कथं नश्ये न मे पणः
priyecchati virodhaṃ vai surairme na hi rocate || kiṃ kuryāṃ hi kva gaccheyaṃ kathaṃ naśye na me paṇaḥ
"My beloved wishes for conflict with the gods, and that does not please me. What am I to do? Where should I go? How may my pledge not be broken?"
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SiP 2 77.35
प्रियामनोरथश्चैव पूर्णस्स्यात्त्रिजगद्भवेत् ।। क्लेशयुङ्नितरा भूयो देवाश्च मुनयस्तथा
priyāmanorathaścaiva pūrṇassyāttrijagadbhavet || kleśayuṅnitarā bhūyo devāśca munayastathā
"And if my beloved's wish is fulfilled, the three worlds will become exceedingly afflicted, and so too the gods and the sages."
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SiP 2 77.36
न पूर्णस्स्यात्प्रियाकामस्तदा मे नरको भवेत्।। द्विधापि धर्महानिर्वै भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुवान्
na pūrṇassyātpriyākāmastadā me narako bhavet|| dvidhāpi dharmahānirvai bhavatītyanuśuśruvān
"If my beloved's desire is not fulfilled, then hell would be mine; either way there is indeed a loss of dharma" — so he had heard (it taught).
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SiP 2 77.37
वज्रांग इत्थं बभ्राम स मुने धर्मसंकटे ।। बलाबलं द्वयोस्तत्र विचिचिंत च बुद्धितः
vajrāṃga itthaṃ babhrāma sa mune dharmasaṃkaṭe || balābalaṃ dvayostatra viciciṃta ca buddhitaḥ
Thus Vajrāṅga wavered, O sage, in that strait of dharma, and pondered with his intellect the strength and weakness of the two (courses).
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SiP 2 77.38
शिवेच्छया स हि मुने वाक्यं मेने स्त्रियो बुधः ।। तथास्त्विति वचः प्राह प्रियां प्रति स दैत्यराट्
śivecchayā sa hi mune vākyaṃ mene striyo budhaḥ || tathāstviti vacaḥ prāha priyāṃ prati sa daityarāṭ
By Śiva's will, O sage, the wise one accepted the woman's word; and that demon king spoke to his beloved the words "so be it."
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SiP 2 77.39
तदर्थमकरोत्तीव्रं तपोन्यद्दुष्करं स तु ।। मां समुद्दिश्य सुप्रीत्या बहुवर्षं जितेंद्रियः
tadarthamakarottīvraṃ taponyadduṣkaraṃ sa tu || māṃ samuddiśya suprītyā bahuvarṣaṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ
For that purpose he performed yet another fierce, hard-to-do austerity — with great devotion, aiming it at me, for many years, his senses subdued.
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SiP 2 77.41
वज्रांगस्तु तदा प्रीतं मां दृष्ट्वा स्थितं विभुम् ।। सुप्रणम्य बहुस्तुत्वा वरं वव्रे प्रियाहितम्
vajrāṃgastu tadā prītaṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ vibhum || supraṇamya bahustutvā varaṃ vavre priyāhitam
Then Vajrāṅga, seeing me, the Lord, standing there pleased, bowed low, praised (me) much, and chose a boon that was for his beloved's benefit.
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SiP 2 77.42
वज्रांग उवाच।। सुतं देहि स्वमातुर्मे महाहितकरं प्रभो ।। महाबलं सुप्रतापं सुसमर्थं तपोनिधिम्
vajrāṃga uvāca|| sutaṃ dehi svamāturme mahāhitakaraṃ prabho || mahābalaṃ supratāpaṃ susamarthaṃ taponidhim
Vajrāṅga said: Grant me, O Lord, a son for his own mother, one who will do her great good — of great strength, great blazing energy, fully capable, a treasury of austerity.
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SiP 2 77.43
ब्रह्मोवाच।। इत्याकर्ण्य च तद्वाक्यं तथास्त्वित्यब्रवं मुने ।। अया स्वधाम तद्दत्त्वा विमनास्सस्मरच्छिवम्
brahmovāca|| ityākarṇya ca tadvākyaṃ tathāstvityabravaṃ mune || ayā svadhāma taddattvā vimanāssasmaracchivam
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, I said "So be it," O sage; and having granted that, (I) went to my own abode, while he, downcast, remembered Śiva.
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